Show historical alarms and events

You can set the AlarmApp to show one of the following:

• Historical alarms from the Alarm Database

• Historical events from the Alarm Database

• Historical alarms and events from the Alarm Database

• Historical events from History Blocks

• Historical alarms from History Blocks

• Historical alarms and events from History Blocks

When you configure the AlarmApp to show historical alarms and/or events, you also configure the following:

• Server name hosting the Alarm Database

• Authentication information to connect to the Alarm Database

• Maximum number of records to retrieve from the Alarm Database

• Time range or duration to show in the AlarmApp

• If the AlarmApp should update to the current client time

The AlarmApp works with both the ArchestrA Database (A2ALMDB) and with History Blocks.

To show historical alarms and/or events

1. Select the AlarmApp placed on a pane.

2. Select the Properties grid to show AlarmApp properties.

3. Select the ellipsis button shown at the right of the Configuration field.

4. If necessary, click the Alarm Mode tab. The Alarm Mode page appears.

5. In the Client Mode list, click:

   • Historical Alarms to only show alarms from the Alarm Database. No events are shown

   • Historical Events to only show events from the Alarm Database. No alarms are shown

   • Historical Alarms and Events to show both alarms and events from the Alarm Database

     

6. In the Authentication Mode list, select one of the following:

   • Windows Integrated to use the authentication of the currently logged-on Windows user

   • Windows Account to use a given Windows user authentication

   • SQL Server to use SQL Server authentication mode

7. In the Server Name list, either select or type the name of the server hosting the Alarm Database.

8. In the Database Name box, type the name of the Alarm Database. For the ArchestrA Database, enter A2ALMDB, and for Historian block storage enter History Blocks.

9. If you are using Windows Account authentication mode, type the domain, user name, and password in the Domain, User Name and Password boxes.

10. If you are using SQL Server authentication mode, type user name and password in the User Name and Password boxes.

11. Click Test Connection. The connection to the Alarm Database is tested and a result message appears. If necessary, check your authentication information.

12. Click OK.

To set maximum records and time range

13. Show the AlarmApp's Configuration dialog box.

14. If necessary, click the Alarm Mode tab. The Alarm Mode page appears.

15. Make sure the Client Mode field is set to Historical Alarms, Historical Events, or Historical Alarms and Events.

16. In the Maximum Records box, type the number of records to view from the control at one instance. The valid range of maximum records is from 1 to 32766.

17. To set a fixed length interval, select an interval from the middle list of the Time Range pickers.

    

18. To use a specific start time and end time, clear Update to Current Time, and select the start time from the list at the left and the end time from the list at the right of the Time Range pickers.

    

19. Click OK.